3.9 Tremor Shakes "Geologically Stable" Adelaide

April 16, 2010
By Newsolio Editor

ADELAIDE, Australia- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.2 (upgraded by USGS to 3.9) on the Richter scale has shaken Adelaide, Australia late Friday night, disturbing thousands of people in the generally geologically stable region.

A spokesperson for Australian government science agency, Geoscience Australia, told Newsolio that the epicentre of the Adelaide quake was located “near the Adelaide Hills.”

Thousands of Adelaide based users of real time social networking web site Twitter.com reported feeling the tremor around 11.30pm local time.

Minutes later, thousands of people had joined a Facebook page titled, “Earthquake in Adelaide!"

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